In English
The ego free mind is the altar in the
Is the with or without form? Has It certain attributes, or is It attributeless? Is It unfeeling or feeling bound? These doubts are certain to trouble the thinker. The forms are merely artificial and temporary, not inherent. The formless is lmmanent in the body-form. How, then, can man separate them and deal with them differently? It can only lead to disaster. You are performing a (sacrifice) here for seven days. It does not consist of the erected altar, the sacrificial pit or any other material means. These are but external symbols of the inner purpose. The ego-free mind is the altar; offer your activities (with all trace of desire removed) to the fire of renunciation. To celebrate this genuine one need not collect money, gather provisions or assemble priests. Acts done between dawn and dusk are offerings into the sacred fire of wisdom. Of such acts those that are prompted by instinct and impulse are material; they do not arise from a mind moulded by the intellect. When the mind is crossed and the outer shore reached, all acts become pure and holy. When deep sleep overpowers the senses, the mind, the intellect and even the sense of ego disappear. The entire Cosmos disappears from awareness. That is the time when the is alone with Itself, and bondage is naught.